News from October 2008
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Dusty Shultz is pleased to introduce October’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Kathleen Heideman, a poet from Minneapolis, Minnesota, is living in the Lakeshore for three weeks, immersing herself in the natural wonders of the dunes, forests, beaches...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Debbie Lynn Clark of the Bureau of Reclamation has been selected to receive the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive. The Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive is awarded for "sustained extraordinary accomplishment."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: On Oct. 26, the Giacomini Wetlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area will fill with the high tide for the first time in over 60 years, marking an important milestone in recovering the health of the Tomales Bay watershed.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Public Invited to Witness First Flight of Juvenile California Condors.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service is accepting applications for its summer 2009 Artist-in-Residence Program from Oct. 1, 2008, through Dec. 1, 2008, at Rocky Mountain National Park. Selected artists are provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Fire Crews at Lassen Volcanic National Park Help Maintain Healthy Forests.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review the role of credit derivatives in the U.S. economy, and the role they may have played in the recent credit and financial crisis affecting markets around the world. “We need to...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2008
News Release: Lowell, MA. In recognition of the importance and excellence of the 2007 museum exhibition on Lowell native Jack Kerouac and his legendary “On the Road" scroll manuscript, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced that the City of Lowell, the Lowell National Historical Park and the University of Massachusetts Lowell are the recipients of the Award of Merit.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the State of Vermont and Vermont Secretary of State Deborah L. Markowitz, alleging violations of the Uniformed Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Prosecution Illustrates DOJ Victim-Centered Model WASHINGTON – Dennis Paris of Middletown, Conn., was sentenced today to 360 months in prison, five years of supervised release and $46,116 in restitution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Joseph Hirko, former co-chief executive officer of Enron Broadband Services (EBS), Enron’s failed telecommunications business, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and Assistant Director Kenneth W. Kaiser of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division announced.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Irwin Financial Corporation, Columbus, Indiana, a registered bank holding company, Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company, Columbus, Indiana, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC-- The following statement was made by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair: Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy, to strengthen public confidence in our financial institutions, and to ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced additional details regarding the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF), including that it would begin funding purchases of commercial paper on Oct. 27, 2008.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings from August 18 through Sept. 15, 2008.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee has authorized an increase in the size of its temporary reciprocal currency arrangement (swap line) with the Bank of Japan, so that the Bank of Japan can provide U.S. dollar funding in quantities sufficient to meet demand.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 14, 2008
News Release: Thank you Ziad Asali for your introduction and for all that the American Task Force on Palestine has done and is doing to promote the development of a growing and vibrant Palestinian economy.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 14, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 14, 2008
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 14, 2008
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
